Petsmart will pricematch Big Al's!!!

[ghart999]

Well I just came back from a different petsmart to pick up something else and they price matched bigal's again. So 2/2 stores have done it for me.

 

[mostlycichlids]

Very Cool! This must be a new policy, because the one by me, as of a few months ago, only matched their own web prices...hope mine is doing it too! I have also had some luck with LFS that will get pretty close to internet prices, and I don't mind paying just a few bucks more to support them....see if your LFS might too!

I would contact their corporate office Their policy is to price match any competitor, bottom line they have to accept any price match.

 

[TwoTankAmin]

Hmm- so Petsmart will try to charge you as much as double on anything they can unless you are smart enough to know about online? Is this really the kind of company you want to do business with.

Maybe their motto is: We will screw you as long as we canget away with it?

 

[YoFishboy]

Hmm- so Petsmart will try to charge you as much as double on anything they can unless you are smart enough to know about online? Is this really the kind of company you want to do business with.

Maybe their motto is: We will screw you as long as we canget away with it?

LOL...isn't that pretty much the motto of ALL businesses these days?

 

[aardvark1]

Caveat Emptor...

Which I think translates to Let the Buyer Beware!

I look at it as a perk for being smart enough to do the research; if you're not, pay the price!

 

[Mgamer20o0]

I would contact their corporate office Their policy is to price match any competitor, bottom line they have to accept any price match.

do you have a link to this. there has been so many people who said they only price match to their own website. i think one of the managers saw what happened after i paid and was mad.

Hmm- so Petsmart will try to charge you as much as double on anything they can unless you are smart enough to know about online? Is this really the kind of company you want to do business with.

Maybe their motto is: We will screw you as long as we canget away with it?

when i called up today asking if they had a filter in stock they lady said yes and to print it off the website to save about half the money. so i think its something they are not hiding but sure not advertising it like other stores.

 

[ErrorS]

wehter they screw us on prices or not, every time I go to Petsmart I'm impressed. I've never seen a big chain take such good care of hteir fish.

May be because my store is new.. but I've not seen a single sick or dead fish in that store, in fact, they all look great.. with one exception, recently bought some Mollies and they've been inbred so many times, one I have has such a crooked spine I can't believe it has lived as long as it did.

 

[Omega]

I know that everyone knows about Petsmart price matching their own website. But last night I discovered they will pricematch online retailers as well. I brought in a printout of Big Al's price for an Rena XP3 at $89.99. The manager of the store happened to be who checked me out and he reduced the price from $179.99 to the $89.99 with no questions asked. I suppose your mileage my vary. But he did say that policy is to price match all other retailers and etailers.

Goes to show how much ridiculous profit Petsmart's willing to make off unsuspecting consumers.

 

[aardvark1]

Goes to show how much ridiculous profit Petsmart's willing to make off unsuspecting consumers.

No, thats called business!

People don't realize the costs involved in running a business; sure you may sell an item for say, 50% profit, but out of that money has to come rent, utilities, wages, taxes, upkeep, office supplies, new stock-I could go on and on.

If a person is willing to buy an item for say $10 and he's happy, good for them. If the same person finds a deal (such as the pricematching) and gets it for $5 even better! Good for them to do the research prior to the purchase.

More people should do research before just grabbing the first item off the shelf. Will item X do the job or would item Z be better even if a little more costly?

When you buy a new car, you don't walk onto the dealers lot and buy the first one you see. You check out other models, options etc. You never pay the sticker price, you bargain with the sales guy.

Same with fishie stuff!

 

[jlw82]

Brought in a printout from Big Al's for the XP3 and they would not match it... I called the 866 customer service line and was told they will only match their website pricing...:mad2: